We now have the funeral details for David Smith. Wednesday, 21 October 2026 2 pm at City of London Crematorium.North Chapel, City of London Crematorium, Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park, E12 5DQ Click here for Map
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Category Archives: Individuals
David Smith R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that we receive the news that David Smith passed away yesterday afternoon on his birthday, aged 87, from pneumonia, having returned to hospital about a week ago. I have an abiding memory of playing David on his first evening at the Club as a new member. After he had duffed me up in several games of 5 minute blitz, I said, with heavy irony, “You’ve played before!”. He had, in fact, previously played against the […]
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Mary’s triple crown heads the Essex honours
Congratualtions to Mary Cawdery on her triple crown at the British Championships heading a success story for Essex. Mary achieved Girls Champion status in the U10 Blitz, the U10 Rapid, capping a successful British as U10 Girls Champion (at standard play), finishing =3rd in the process. Here is one of her games, perhaps the most critical of her seven games in the U10:
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Partha is Champion!
Many congratulations to Partha Mulay on winning the Southern Counties Individual Championship 2019-20, jointly with FM Martin Taylor, at the 50th Thanet Chess Congress last weekend at Broadstairs, Kent. The SCCU Joint Champions, FM Martin Taylor and Partha Mulay, shared 2nd place in the Open (scoring 4/5). As Martin Taylor is already qualified for the British Championship by virtue of his FM title and FIDE rating (2345 in July 2019 list), the SCCU Qualification place is awarded to Partha. The […]
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